zentara wrote:

> If your script still dosn't work, it is probably a problem with
> your script. Maybe a binary-incompatibility, ...

That's nonsense: the whole point of using a scripting language is that
by definition, the script will not suffer from "binary incompatibility".
It's a text file that's interpretted, in this case by the Perl binary
that has been shown to at least basically work.

> There are alot of factors. Did you build Perl 5.8.8 yourself or is it
> a binary rpm?

The system is Slackware (as mentioned in the subject line of the
original message). I doubt the OP used an rpm, though he may have
installed Perl from the OS distribution disk ...

> It always works best when you build it yourself.

Generally I find that to be true in some cases (Perl being one of them),
and not necessarily so (ie, "works just as well either way") in others.

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Systems and Network analyst Concordia University
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